Description
Book SynopsisThis provocative book argues that in his fiction Henry James was more canny about sexual identities, more focused on sexual pleasure, and more insistent on flouting heterosexual convention than has previously been acknowledged.
Trade Review"This work is a brilliant new analysis of Jamesian sexuality and gender indentification."—Leland S. Person, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"In this well-written, informative study, Graham considers the issue of James's sexuality and its relation to his works within the "discursive frameworks" of his time. . . . The historical background treating medical, psychological, and moral views of love, sexuality , inversion, and neuresthenia is both fascinating and persuasive. Upper division undergraduates through faculty."—
Choice"[Graham] writes with conviction and impressive erudition. . . . Graham's attempt to define James's intellectual debts and cultural context is in many respects a welcome move."—
The Gay & Lesbian ReviewTable of ContentsList of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Henry Jame's thwarted love; 2. William James on energy and entropy; 3. Dissipation and decoration in Roderick Hudson; 4. Degeneration and feminism in The Bostonians; 5. The politics of sexual dissidence in The Princess Casamassima; 6. Signing plenitude from the abyss in The Wings of the Dove; Notes; Index.
